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No. 6|4,377. Patented Nth/.15, I898.

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FOLDING BEDSTEAD.

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Patented Nov. l5, I898.

No. s|4,377.

J. W. EVANS.

FOLDING BEDSTEAD.

(Application filed Feb. 9, 1898.)

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ATENT JOSEPH W. EVANS, OF HASKELL, TEXAS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 614,377, dated November15, 1898.

Application filed February 9, 1898. Serial No. 669,681. (No model.)

To 60% whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH W. EVANS, of Haskell, in the county ofHaskell and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Folding Bedsteads, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in the class of beds or bedsteads whichare adapted to be elevated or hoisted to the ceiling, so that they willoccupy no floor-space when not 1n use.

The invention is embodied in the construction, arrangement, andcombination of parts hereinafter described, and shown in theaccompanying drawings, two sheets, in which Figure l is a viewillustrating the practical use of my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectionalplan View of the pulleys and other parts attached to the ceiling. Fig. 3is an enlarged detail section of one of the pulley-brackets attached tothe ceiling. Fig. 4, Sheet 2, is a longitudinal section of the bed orbedstead. Fig. 5 is a transverse section of the same. Fig. 6 is avertical section of one of the corner blocks or posts of the bedstead,showing the slidable leg retracted therein. Fig. 7 is a horizontalsection of a corner block or post.

A bedstead A, having a duly rigid frame, is suspended by cords 1 1 1 1,that run over pulleys 2, Fig. 2, j ournaled in brackets 3, attached tothe ceiling B or a support secured thereto. Such support may beconstructed of boards properly connected and paneled, if desired, topresent an ornamental appearance, and be secured to the ceiling properby means of screws or screw-bolts. From the vertical pulleys 2-the cords1 1 1 1 pass over other pulleys 4, arranged horizontally in the samebrackets 3, being thus at right angle to the former 2. v

The cords 1, attached to one corner of the bedstead A, (see Fig. 2,)extend horizontally from a pulley 4 over a pulley 5, journaled in afixed bracket D, and thence to a horizontal slide or movable block 0,containing a series of pulleys 7 8 9 10, which are graduated in size andarranged in line.

The cord 1 passes from a pulley 4 around pulleys 11, journaled in afixed horizontal bracket E, thence to and around a pulley 12 in bracketD, and is attached to the slide 0 like cord 1. The cord 1 is connecteddirectly with cord 1, so that both operate practically as one in respectto the slide 0. The fourth cord 1 passes around pulleys 13 in bracket Dand also connects with the slide 0.

A pull-cord 14, Fig. 1, hangs from a pulley 15, j ournaled in a bracket16, and passes from pulley 17 in said bracket (see Fig. 2) around pulley7 in bracket E, and thence around pulley 7 in slide 0, and so on insuccession around pulleys 8 and 8, 9 and 9, and 10 and 10, arranged inthe bracket E and slide 0, re spectively.

It is apparent that a comparatively slight pull on cord 14 will draw theslide or pulley block 0 toward the fixed pulley block or bracket E,whereby the four cords 1 1 1 1 attached to the bedstead Awill be drawnup or shortened correspondingly and the bedstead thus raised to theceiling B. The pullcord 14 may be then clamped and secured by throwingit over a spring-clamp 18, Figs. 1 and 3.

For the purpose of supporting the bed-bot tom or bedstead A on the floorI employ legs 19, which are slidable or adjustable in bores or socketsformed in the corner-pieces 20 of the bedstead. Said legs 20 are adaptedto be locked in retracted position, as shown in Fig. 6, orextendedposition, as shown in Figs. 1, 4, and 5, by means of latches 21and 22, which are arranged in the ends of the bedstead A. The saidlatches are arranged horizontally and their outer ends are adapted toengage recesses or notches 23 in the legs 19. The latches are connectedby wires or cords 24 with the ends of rocking levers 25, Fig. 5, whichare pivoted centrally to the respective end boards 26 of the bedstead.Wires or cords 27 also connect with one end of said levers 25 and extendthrough guide-holes 28, Fig. 7, in two of the corner-pieces 20 of thebedstead, and thence along one of the side rails to a rotatable device29, Fig. 4, located at the middle of the latter. Said device 29 consistsof a short journal or shaft having two radial arms on its inner end towhich the said wires 27 are attached. The outer end of said journal orshaft has a handle or grippiece 30, Fig. 1, attached for use in rotatingthe device 29 and thereby taking up the wires or cords 27, whichoperation retracts the latches 25 against the stress of spiral springs31, that encircle them, and thus releases the legs 19, which fall bygravity, and the grip being released the latches 25 reengage the uppernotches 23 of the legs.

To hoist the bed to its normal elevated position, the grip is firstturned to unlock the latches and the bed allowed to sink to the floor,so that the latches reengage the lower notches 23. Then the cord 14being pulled the bed is raised and the cord caught by the catch 20, asbefore described, and is thus entirely out of the Way. A spring-catch 32on the bedstead may be used to hold the free end of the pull-cord.

A cover of ornamental fabric or other preferred material may be appliedto the under side of the bed to conceal the slats, &c., if desired.

What I claim is-- 1. The combination,with the bedstead,supporting-cords, and a series of guide-pulleys therefor, fixed membersor brackets having pulleys therein, and the movable slide 0 having aseries of guide-pulleys journaled thereon, the elevating-cords securedto the slide, and passing over the pulleys in both the fixed members andslide, as shown and described.

2. The combination with a bedstead, of the four suspending-cords 1, 1, l1, pairs of vertical and horizontal pulleys 2 and 4, the pull-cord 14,and the several series of fixed pulleys, and a slide carrying movablepulleys, the aforesaid suspending-cords running on said pairs of pulleysand certain of the fixed pulleys and being also connected with saidslide, and a pull-cord which runs on the movable pulleys and certainfixed pulleys, whereby it actuates the said slide and thereby appliestraction to the several suspending-cords, as shown and described.

JOSEPH W. EVANS. Witnesses:

A. O. FOSTER, B. A. GLASSCOCK.

